Drone Tracking Requirements

[Sargemo]

Police Push Tracking for Civilian Drones

Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy when this stuff happens.

 

[Maxheadspace]

Police Push Tracking for Civilian Drones

Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy when this stuff happens.

Yup. But good luck to them, because drone pilots have been searching a long time for the perfect lost-drone tracker with only marginal success. Although DJI already has that feature built into their drones, and they admitted they're willing to share that data with local governments. Truth is, incidents like the one described in the link are fairly rare, but they get blown out of proportion to the point of drone hysteria.

 

[just_bruce]

Or, the police and fire agencies could get familiar with the process for requesting a TFR.

Heaven forfend we use the existing mechanisms. Nope, all UAS operations must be tracked.

Never mind that bad actors will simply disable the tracker.

Sigh.

 

[Maddog]

The sheriffs deputy mentioned in the article has no more right to be where he was than the other drone operator. In other words, even knowing who was operating the other drone, doesn't mean he could be ordered out of the area. You could ask, but not order.

And who's going to monitor drone activity and get the info to law enforcement or whoever.

Regarding the air ambulance helicopter, ATC doesn't ever know exactly where the are. They don't use transponders like commercial planes. I flew law enforcement helicopters in the Phoenix area (class B airspace) and we did not have transponders either. ATC didn't know exactly where we were either

If ATC detected a drone flying around they wouldn't know who to warn. I guess they could just broadcast it and hope if anyone was near it they could avoid it. (Aren't controllers too busy already?)

Maybe they need to put these in cars too- a car can be used as a weapon with a much bigger bang. Cars do have license plates but they don't broadcast the cars position.

Another solution in search of a problem...
Not to mention Amazon wants the sky to themselves .

 

[just_bruce]

Unless the sheriff's deputy or department has notified the FAA and/or requested TFR, the deputy has exactly equal responsibility to see and avoid the other drone as does the pilot of the other drone. (At least this is my reading of the law)

Why would the deputy think that just because he is using a technology, he automatically trumps other users of that technology? Follow currently established procedures if you want exclusive use of airspace, don't push us ever closer to a surveillance state, please.

 

[Solo_Maverick]

This reminds the battle between anti-gunners and law-abiding citizens, who despite backed by the Constitution itself still see their right eroded in a battle of misinformation and self-entitlement where the ones who think the world should think the same way as they do.
Then you add many interests on both sides and you see the mess in which we are.
History shows what happened during (alcohol) prohibition and in places where guns are banned.
And as stated before, people who do not care about the law will fly anyway. Just see the recent hacks to counter DJI's fencing software.
This is just the beginning of a long ride where unfortunately not always what is right will prevail.
We can always work through associations and public education and leading by example.